Shooting scenery and landscapes

Hey everyone...! Taking a picture of a beautiful scenery or landscape may sound simple, just frame your shot and snap away. Nothing wrong with it, you still get your picture and that is it. However if you are fussy like me, you might want to consider my shooting process.

1) Horizon - Check the horizon of the scenery you are going to shoot, if the horizon consist of a lake or the sea you definitely will want to avoid taking a slanted horizon. This will make your picture look natural and not like water is going to spill out anytime.

2) Foreground and Background - Be conscious of your surrounding, your foreground could be a very nice terrain or land that could compliment the mountains or sky you intend to take! Try different angles if you have to!

3) Visual Weight - Balancing the amount of sky and land covering the picture may sound good, but it tends to lose focus because everything looks too even. Have a plan in mind and if the sky is the main focus of the scenery shot, create more visual weight for it and less for the foreground!